darter
snakebird
Anhinga latin

However, small fishes known as darters are also a part of this family.

More research on the snail darter life history is needed.

And in all that time he'd seen nothing more interesting than a flock of Darters.

The Darters left men in the maze overnight last night.

They are found in the same area as the fringed darter.

It's watching Darters and feeling the warmth of the sun on my head.

And you thought the snail darter had public relations problems.

At least there were no Darters in this empty part of the ocean.

Young leopard darters begin to appear in May of each year.

There were too many of the Darters, and more were coming.

Few, if any, management plans are in place for the banded darter.

The male and female Iowa darters have different color patterns.

They would even kill a human to save a snail darter.

The small size of the darter makes effective electroshocking difficult.

But many would-be predators know better than to try to catch a darter.

The johnny darter has an average length between 1.5 and 2.5 inches.

Larger adults will eat small fish such as the johnny darter.

But the Darters would never leave a lone and wounded prey.

The life span of the tangerine darter is about 4 years.

The maximum possible lifespan of darters seems to be about 16 years.

Simpson then hit Darter in the face with the bottle three times at which point it broke.

The amber darter likely lives up to 3 years.

This is a large darter, sometimes exceeding six inches in length.

Most considerations will be done on a broad scale of general darter species.

It often swims with only the neck above water, hence the common name snakebird.

The body remains submerged as it swims and the slender neck alone is visible above the water leading to its other name of snakebird.

When swimming in this style the name Snakebird is apparent, since only the colored neck appears above water the bird looks like a snake ready to strike.

Within a day or two, the binoculars were like a new body part, and I was able to distinguish a snakebird from an olivaceous cormorant with ease.

The term "snakebird" is usually used without any additions to signify whichever of the completely allopatric species occurs in any one region.

Anhinga grandis (Snakebird)

The African Darter (Anhinga rufa ), sometimes called the Snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa.

The Oriental Darter or Indian Darter (Anhinga melanogaster), sometimes called Snakebird, is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.

The 'Anhinga' ('Anhinga anhinga'), sometimes called 'Snakebird', 'Darter', 'American Darter', or 'Water Turkey', is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas.

Ever since, it has also been used for the modern genus Anhinga as a whole.

Anhinga will often search for food in small groups.

They were extraordinarily exact and delicate paintings of American birds, among them the anhinga.

The tail of the anhinga is wider and much longer than that of the cormorant.

The Shadow saw herons, egrets, the ibis, and even the rare anhinga.

Species include the Anhinga.

From 1976 through 1981, Anhinga Press published eight chapbooks by regional Florida poets.

The bill of the anhinga is pointed, while the bill of the cormorant has a hook-tip.

Further aquatic vertebrates included river dolphins and the large darter "Anhinga" fraileyi.

Her books of poetry include "Conversations During Sleep" (Anhinga Press, 1998).

The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.

Unlike ducks, the Anhinga is not able to waterproof its feathers using oil produced by the uropygial gland.

These are shy birds which swim in slow-flowing streams and secluded waterways, sometimes partly submerged, like an Anhinga.

Anhinga Press is an American, independent, literary press located in Tallahassee, Fla.

Rick Campbell, author of four poetry collections, is Director of Anhinga Press.

These include the anhinga, several species of heron, several species of egret and kingfishers.

The Physicist at the Mall (Anhinga Press, 1994)

The Anhinga Trail is a short trail (about 0.4 miles) in the Everglades National Park.

Summer (Anhinga Press, 2000)

The Morning of the Red Admirals (Anhinga Press, 2004)

The Other (Anhinga Press, 2008)

'Yet on the other hand, you have your skimmers -you have your wonderfully curious anhinga.'

Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death (Tallahassee: Anhinga Press, 1995)

Darter Anhinga (melanogaster)

Arranging the Blaze, (Anhinga Press, 2009)